Gemma was raised in India but is sent back to England after she witnesses her mothers murder. Not only does she see her mother get killed, but the way in which she is killed is so strange and mystical that she is haunted by the images. She enrolls in an academy called Spence where the richest and most powerful families of England send their daughters to be raised. As if starting a new school isn’t hard enough, Gemma starts having visions that become increasingly graphic and powerful. Why is she having these visions? Who will become her friend? Will she ever solve her mothers murder? Read A Great and Terrible Beauty to find out. Grade 8+
Nobody “Bod” Owens is the sole survivor of the attack that killed both of his parents- but the knife was meant for him! As a baby he crawled out of his crib and escaped the murderer by crawling to the graveyard. Mr. and Mrs. Owens, who happen to be ghosts, take pity on him and raise him. But how is a living child raised in a graveyard? And will the relentless killer ever find his true target? Read The Graveyard Book to find out.